INDIANOLA, IOWA (April 12, 2019) — Looking for new works from across America, Theatre Simpson chose to hold a playwriting-contest on the topic of interfaith and religious diversity. After reading and discussing 80 different submissions, the senior class chose four plays to help best showcase their talents for their senior capstone. Theatre Simpson is proud to produce these new and unique plays about interfaith and religious diversity for their Festival of Short Plays 2019.
Krystal Hidlebaugh is participating in Theatre Simpson's Festival of Short Plays. Krystal played the role of Zett in the short play "That Last Step" by James Menges. Five people of different beliefs wake up in a strange place to the tidings of the cheerful, though blunt, Gatekeeper. When the Gatekeeper announces that it was not their beliefs that got the group here but rather their cellular distractions, each member of the group must come to terms with their new eternity.
The plays will take place in the Barnum Theatre in the Blank Performing Arts Center at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa on April 12-14, 2019.
Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa, a short drive from Iowa's capital city of Des Moines. Founded in 1860, Simpson College has approximately 1,300 full-time undergraduate-students and approximately 400 part-time students. Simpson also has a campus in West Des Moines serving primarily adult learners. Simpson offers 80 majors and minors, is a member of the NCAA Division III American Rivers Conference, hosts eight Greek houses on campus and sponsors many extracurricular options for student involvement.
